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EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Benedict Code’ author says late Pope’s Declaratio was not an abdication

Pope Benedict's February 11, 2013, declaration was not a resignation. It was a declaratory judgement, that is, a criminal decree that the Pontiff issues for the major crimes against the faith: heresy, apostasy, and schism.

Opinion

Andrea Cionci

• Jan 14, 2025Jan 14, 2025

Benedict XVI made significant errors in his Latin resignation speech: here’s why they matter

How easy it would have been for the intelligent professor, brilliant rhetorician, and proven Latin expert to provide unmistakable clarity through precise legal terms – if he had wanted to.

Opinion

Fr. Frank Unterhalt

• Dec 12, 2024

Benedict XVI made a colossal mistake by inventing the role of ‘pope emeritus’

The truth is that the simplest explanations are being ignored. One should conclude either that Pope Benedict XVI made a colossal mistake or that he, in truth, invalidly renounced the papacy – with all the consequences such a conclusion entails for his successor.

Opinion

Dr. Francesco Patruno and Gaetano Masciullo

• Dec 2, 2024Dec 3, 2024

What Benedict meant by ‘Pope Emeritus’: a response to Mr. O’Reilly

The only way the papacy itself could have changed is if Benedict still considered himself papal. If, however, he thought he could hold onto the papacy in any shape or form—'remain in the precincts of St. Peter'—then he was in error, substantially so.

Opinion

Dr. Edmund Mazza

• Nov 25, 2024

Doctor Edmund Mazza: Here’s why I believe the Bergoglian pontificate is invalid

If Benedict believed he could resign administrative duties, but nevertheless, remain papal, then according to the canonists his resignation was invalid. Thus, the conclave that elected Francis would likewise be invalid.

Opinion

Dr. Edmund Mazza

• Nov 11, 2024Nov 13, 2024

Italian priest could be excommunicated after claiming Francis is not the pope

Italian priest Fr. Giorgio Maria Faré faces excommunication and expulsion from the Carmelites if he refuses to retract his statement that Pope Francis is not the ‘legitimate pope,’ claiming instead that Benedict XVI’s resignation was invalid.

News

Antonino Cambria

• Oct 30, 2024Oct 30, 2024

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Benedict Code’ author says late Pope’s Declaratio was not an abdication

Benedict XVI made significant errors in his Latin resignation speech: here’s why they matter

Benedict XVI made a colossal mistake by inventing the role of ‘pope emeritus’

What Benedict meant by ‘Pope Emeritus’: a response to Mr. O’Reilly

Doctor Edmund Mazza: Here’s why I believe the Bergoglian pontificate is invalid

Italian priest could be excommunicated after claiming Francis is not the pope